false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171853653m/123466.jpg 123466 2 In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. <br>Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as the "father" in a fantasy "family." Meanwhile, a female detective is assigned to protect the dead man's<br>real-life daughter who complains of being stalked. As the real daughter confronts her father's alternate life, we are pulled into a psychological drama that pits reality and illusion against each other in astonishing ways.<br><br>Reading Guide available 118878 2005 Shadow Family total:57|5:2|4:14|3:31|2:7|1:3| 57 176 88 11 4 0 false false Sat Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 26 07:23:43 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:24:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 10:01:52 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 10:05:14 -0800 2008 Shadow Family is an interesting look, via a mystery story, into the universe of online role-playing. The odd thing about this particular role-play is that a girl has other people role-playing her own family, after finding her own less than attentive, let alone supportive. Though at times this framew...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 22 03:24:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 03:24:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:30:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:39:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 12 08:45:19 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 08:45:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 19:16:54 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 17:34:53 -0700 2007 Out earlier this year, I've really wanted to read some more Japanese writers and this is just the next book I happened upon. The whole idea of the shadow family could have been really interesting - but it wasn't really fleshed out in the way that I thought it would. I was feeling a b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 10 10:38:47 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 17:03:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 12:27:27 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 12:47:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Apr 17 23:15:56 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 08:09:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 05:48:13 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 02:32:32 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:57:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 05:52:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 22:10:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 22:10:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 04:28:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 04:28:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:24:47 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 00:24:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 12:48:29 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:36:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:36:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 12:53:46 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:53:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 19:35:57 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 19:35:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 09 18:44:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 18:44:46 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 03 11:05:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 11:05:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 10:03:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 10:03:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=123466